Gun.Smoke is a 1985 vertical scroller arcade game by Capcom. The Wild West themed game is designed by Yoshiki Okamoto. Gun.Smoke centered on a character named Billy Bob in the NES version, a bounty hunter chasing the savage criminals in the Wild West.
Video Gun.Smoke
Gameplay
Gun.Smoke is similar to 1942 and Commando , also developed by Capcom, but with some differences. This game is a scroll shooter where the screen scrolls up automatically and the player has only three ways to shoot, using three buttons for shooting left, right, and center. Players can also change the way shooters shoot through key combinations. The player dies by being shot or beaten by an enemy, or trapped between obstacles and the bottom of the screen. Players can collect special items, including horses for protection up to three strokes (or killed by obstacles), boots for movement speed, bullets for shot and faster rifle for longer firing range. These items are found by shooting barrels and rifles, boots, and bullets can hold up to five. Some items that add score points include stars, bottles, bags, dragonflies, and cows, but two other items to watch out for are yashichi, the 1up skull and cattle, which reduce the power of Billy.
Note: Two versions of Gun.Smoke are released under license in America by Romstar. One has the order of a permanent superior; on the other hand, the third and sixth levels are swapped, so Roy is followed by Wolf Chief, and Pig Joe is followed by the Ninja. Another version also removes the rundown boss.
Maps Gun.Smoke
Port
Gun.Smoke is moved to many systems:
- MSX
- PlayStation and Sega Saturn as part of Capcom Generation 4
- The above versions are featured on PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox as part of Capcom Classic Capcom
- The above version is featured on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as part of the Capcom Arcade Cabinet
- IBM PC as part of Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 3
- Amstrad CPC as Desperado - Gun.Smoke ; this platform actually received a sequel called Desperado 2
- The ZX Spectrum
NES version
The game was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer Disk System in 1988. The goal was to free Hicksville City from a group of criminals known as Wingates. But in order to capture their most dangerous henchmen, at every stage the player must pick up the sign Want to say henchmen, if not impossible to clear the stage. The NES version also has different music. In this game, the main character is a bounty hunter named Billy Bob.
Difference from arcade version
Although the NES version remains faithful to the arcade version of gameplay, there are major changes being made:
- Only six out of ten bosses in this version (Master, Ninja, Cutter, Wolf Chief, Los Pubro, and Fat Man).
- Billy is given additional weapons: rifle, machine gun (which is only a normal shot with turbo function), smart bombs, and magnum.
- Bullets are used as ammunition for extra weapons.
- A storyline is built around the game: In 1849, Wingates attacked the town of Hicksville, killed the Sheriff, and caused trouble every day until Billy, the main character, came to town (with the sun setting behind him).
- The Wingates in this game is a gang not a family of 2 sons and a father.
- Players can buy weapons and items from people who use their scores.
- Four of the bosses have their names changed. The Master's name was changed to Bandit Bill, Wolf Chief changed to Devil Hawk, Fat Man converted into Fat Man Joe (a clone of Pig Joe), and Los Pubro converted into Wingate.
- Los Pubro was made the last boss in the NES version as Wingate, a sadistic and bloodthirsty Mexican bandit with some features of a Mexican Revolution guerrilla, with a slash over one of his eyes, a robe and a machine gun. The player must also fight Wingate twice, the first is Wingate doubled and the second, the true Wingate.
- The other bosses also change their looks. Bandit Bill (Master) is now wearing a red shirt and blue jeans on his prey posters. Cutter wore a loose blue sleeveless shirt and red pants. The ninja wore purple ninja outfits without a mask and a ponytail, and he shot a secret weapon that was split into four "arrows". Devil Hawk (Wolf Chief) is now without shirt and uses a fireball as his weapon. Fat Man Joe wore armor and used a bomb.
- There are other yashichi types that will give players a temporary immutability.
Disk system version
Although almost identical to the NES version, the FDS version shows some differences:
- This game, like almost any other FDS game, contains feature times.
- Fonts are similar to those used in most Capcom games in Famicom/NES. However, on the NES version, fonts are converted into military fonts, also seen in arcade versions.
- "In America" ​​changed to "In 1849".
- Bill's mugit photos on game posters are a little different in both versions of the game. In the FDS version, her shirt has an open collar, with her body showing. In the NES version, her shirt has a scarf around her. In addition, mugshots for game posters initially have an Anime look, whereas in the NES version, they have a realistic look.
- In this version, shopping music shows fewer instruments. Also, many of the songs featured in the NES version can not be found in this version, and instead recycle the same music for certain scenes in the game. This is because memory space is limited to FDS disk cards.
- There are no game demos like the one in NES.
- After defeating the first two games, the player is rewarded with a Japanese message that tells the player to try the game again. After the third time, players will be rewarded with a simple message that says "END". Japanese messages are discarded in the NES version, instead of being translated into English.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the arcade version was composed by Ayako Mori. On August 25, 1986, Alfa Records released a limited edition soundtrack, featuring all the music of the arcade version, as well as two unused songs. The catalog number is Capcom Game Music - 28XA-94.
References
External links
- Gun.Smoke on the Videogame Killer List
- Gun. Use in arcade history database
- Gun.Smoke: NES Game Coverage
- Desperado at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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